“Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition” Full Details, Box Art Released

More information about the recently-leaked“Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition” has just been posted by online retailer NewEgg. From the product description:

Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition features the full original version of Gran Turismo 5 game, the best-selling racing game on PlayStation 3, all of the downloadable patches and free feature and content updates through Spec 2.0, as well as a voucher for all of Gran Turismo 5’s current and yet –to-be-released DLC valued at over $25.

Features:

Original Gran Turismo 5 game

1000+ customizable cars

20+ Tracks, 70+ layouts

16-player online racing

New online racing challenges updated on a regular basis

All game patches/updates since launch, including new Spec 2.0 update released in October 2011.

Voucher for over $25 worth of DLC, including 25 new cars, 4 tracks, and more

All of the DLC from October, December, and early 2012.

As you can see, the description offers a few small hints at what we can expect in 2012. Both NewEgg and Amazon currently list XL‘s release date as January 17, 2012, though no official announcement has yet been made by SCEA.

UPDATE: Sony has now officially announced GT5 XL, offering different details than what were originally posted by NewEgg above. See this post for more information.